Where does “belowdecks” come from?
belowdecks (English) comes from English decks, from English deck, from Middle English dekke, from Middle Dutch dec, from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic þakjaną — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
belowdecks (English): Below the main deck of a ship
Definitions
- Below the main deck of a ship
Ancestry of “belowdecks”, step by step
belowdecks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English decks
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | decks | plural of deck; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | deck | Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a... |
| 3 | Middle English | dekke | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | dec | roof, covering |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | decken | to roof, to build/repair a roof; to cover; to... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | thecken | to cover; to roof |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þakkjan | to cover; to burn |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þakjaną | to cover; to burn |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þaką | roof, cover |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |